15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Sandleton spend significant time on housework, with 35% performing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While many handle home duties and general care, very few residents here have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Sandleton volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 17% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15% of people providing help to others, though no one in the area reports caring for children unpaid. This stands in stark contrast to the national figure of 26.3% for childcare.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in Sandleton has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Sandleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41304/sandleton/topic/community